Pope Francis just issued a policy statement that was radically different from the theology of his recent dogma obsessed predecessors. In his "Joy of the Gospel" statement, he seemed to draw a line between his views and those of the wealthy, conservative American bishops who focus almost exclusively on abortion, same sex marriage, and electing Republicans. In addition to addressing income inequality, the Pope castigated the belief system of those who "continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world." In other words the very foundation of Fox News and the people for whom and to whom they serve. So it was interesting to see that the Fox News website conveniently avoided any mention of that nasty socialist talk which was mentioned on other websites. Is there any question as to why Fox followers are uninformed!?

I wonder if it’s possible to show the Pope how the people entrusted to deliver his message to Americans so regularly appear on FoxNoise supporting just the opposite?

Maybe it’s time that the Pope issues a directive prohibiting ordained clergy from appearing on networks (or at least “news” programs) which do not promote a completely objective viewpoint, with clergy who do make more than one appearance (on any topic that does not explicitly deal with purely religious issues) being threatened with a formal censure and repeated violations being met with excommunication. AND, perhaps most importantly, the Pope should direct that Catholics could not purport to represent the Church’s stance on subjects without having been pre-approved to do so (I’m looking at Bill Donohue in particular on this).